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In 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

The gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot 10 girls between the ages of 6 and 13, killing five, before committing suicide in the schoolhouse.

Tragic shooting: The funeral procession of Anna Mae Stoltzfus, age 12, a victim of the Amish school shooting in 2006. Four other schoolgirls were also killed in the attack

Like the old days: The Pennsylvania Amish live a lifestyle that closely resembles what it was like in the 18th century

Lancaster County, sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, has a population of about 63,000 Amish people.

The Pennsylvania Amish live a lifestyle that closely resembles what it was like in the 18th century – simple and non-materialistic, with horse-powered vehicles and a slow daily pace.

They focus their life on service to God, their family and the community and shun the modern day technology, such as television and cars.